Arianespace is weighing options to increase the launch rate of the Ariane 6 rocket beyond 10 per year if government and commercial demand supports it.

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Speaking at the AMOS Conference, Saltzman calls for industry partnerships to accelerate capabilities in space domain awareness

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Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, head of the Space Systems Command, said the restructuring — centered on “System Deltas” that pair acquisition officers with operational commanders — is progressing at a fast pace.

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The fledgling small geostationary satellite manufacturing market is splitting across a spectrum of vertical integration strategies as companies weigh sovereignty, speed and scale in reshaping space-based communications.

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Paris, September 17, 2025 – Novaspace, with the support of the Occitanie Region, will host the inaugural Space Summit for a Resilient Future on May 12–13, 2026 in Toulouse, France. […]

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In this week’s special CEO Series edition of Space Minds, we're at the World Space Business Week in Paris. In today's episode, SpaceNews editor Mike Gruss talks with Peter Cannito, CEO of Redwire.

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With great fanfare, the newly installed American President Donald Trump launched the idea of the United States creating an “Iron Dome” to protect America against aerial threats, similar to how the Iron Dome provides security to Israel. However, I find that the Golden Dome will bring the opposite of what the president thinks it will […]

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The product, called Vivid Features, combines Maxar’s satellite imagery archive with Ecopia’s artificial intelligence software

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PARIS – Europe should be investing in disruptive capabilities like spaceplanes, said Maj. Gen. Philippe Koffi, French armament agency DGA strategic lead for air, land and naval combat. “A spaceplane is maneuverable, reusable and flexible, so it can deliver payload in orbit, recover critical assets, conduct reconnaissance and intervene against threats in orbit,” Koffi said […]

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Finnish spacecraft developer ReOrbit has raised 45 million euros ($53.3 million) to increase spacecraft production to meet growing demand from government customers.

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Toulouse, France — MECANO ID, a leading provider of advanced mechanical and thermal solutions for the space industry, has reached a major milestone. On August 26, its EOS-8’’ satellite ejection […]

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NASA is delaying the arrival of a Cygnus spacecraft at the International Space Station to investigate a thruster problem with the cargo vehicle.

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Amazon is preparing to double the size of its Project Kuiper constellation to over 200 satellites this year with three more launches, supporting broadband services in the U.S. and four other countries by the end of March.

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The demonstration, targeted for 2026, will attempt to showcase a spacecraft’s ability to approach, image and maneuver around other objects in orbit without direct human control

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PARIS, France – Axiom Space and Spacebilt announced plans Sept. 16 to deliver a data center node with optical communications links to the International Space Station in 2027. The Axiom Orbital Data Center Node on ISS, called AxODC Node ISS, being developed in collaboration with Spacebilt, will feature an optical communications terminal from Skyloom plus […]

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PARIS – GHGSat plans to expand its greenhouse gas monitoring constellation and analytic services with $47 million Canadian dollars ($34 million) in equity and debt financing announced Sept. 16 . […]

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In this week’s special CEO Series edition of Space Minds, we're at the World Space Business Week in Paris. In today's episode, SpaceNews editor Mike Gruss talks with Mina Mitry, CEO of Kepler Communications.

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SpaceX expects to begin testing direct-to-device services using newly acquired spectrum from EchoStar as soon as the end of next year.

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Viasat and Space42 have agreed to pool their Mobile Satellite Services spectrum, aiming to provide direct-to-device services from the world’s largest coordinated block of D2D frequencies within three years.

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The deal underscores NGA’s push to fold commercial satellite data and artificial intelligence into U.S. national security workflows.

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SES announced plans Sept. 16 to deploy a satellite co-developed with manufacturing startup K2 Space early next year, marking the start of a more iterative approach to upgrading its MEO broadband constellation.

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The company delivered 84 terminals to York Space and Northrop Grumman for the military constellation known as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture

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PARIS – Astro Digital announced plans Sept. 16 to purchase and distribute power from Florida startup Star Catcher’s future space-based energy grid. The goal is to enable ESPA-class satellites like Astro Digital’s Corvus XL to obtain more power than they could generate on their own. “Demand is growing exponentially for small satellites that can do […]

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PARIS – Josef Aschbacher, the head of the European Space Agency, said member states are quickly changing how they view space, from its role in geopolitics, to the need for sovereign capabilities to working more closely with their national security counterparts. During a Sept. 15 interview here at World Space Business Week, Aschbacher, the agency’s […]

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